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> Mr. Sullivan told us that copying content was a great way to lure people to his sites. (He said he didn’t feel bad about spreading unverified slander. “Teach
by yifanl 6y ago
> Mr. Sullivan told us that copying content was a great way to lure people to his sites. (He said he didn’t feel bad about spreading unverified slander. “Teach children not to talk to strangers, then teach them not to believe what they read on the internet,” he said.)
The fact that his business relies on people not being able to teach themselves not to believe what they read on the internet proves that he doesn't actually believe that this is effective mitigation. We aren't going to see a cultural shift in timescales shorter than a decade.
- litoorachure 6y ago>We aren't going to see a cultural shift in timescales shorter than a decade. Why not? We already did. 2000 was still in the era of "never give out accurate personal information online." 2005 was fully in the MySpace/Facebook social media era.
- yifanl 6y agoFacebook captured not just internet powerusers, but an entirely new (and eventually, a substantially larger) audience. I would very much doubt there's a larger audience currently offline out there today.
- anarazel 6y agoIt seems like a model fairly vulnerable to a few people with resources suing? Both from a copyright and a defamation angle?